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what distance do you have from lens to coin?
sinin1
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For those of you showing awesome close-ups -> what focal distance do you use?
Do you use manual focus or auto focus?
Do you zoom in so coin fills screen or do you crop final picture?
Do you use a timer or click shutter manually?
just curious (and frustrated with my lame attempts)
Do you use manual focus or auto focus?
Do you zoom in so coin fills screen or do you crop final picture?
Do you use a timer or click shutter manually?
just curious (and frustrated with my lame attempts)
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Manual Focus
Crop
Timer
f22
Also to minimize shake, a copy stand should be used.
For best results a macro lens should be used.
Do you use manual focus or auto focus? Auto focus
Do you zoom in so coin fills screen or do you crop final picture? Yes, I zoom with the camera and crop with
Microsoft Photo Editor.
Do you use a timer or click shutter manually? I use the timer
When I take my pictures, I'm normally no more than a few inches (< 6) away from the coin. I've got a desk set up at seated height, and I take all my pictures there. I have a tripod that I use, and sometimes I go freehand.
I always use autofocus.
I never zoom in. I crop the photo later. (Most of my photos come out large enough on their own, so zooming isn't an issue.)
I click manually.
For my birthday I'm getting a "Studio-In-A-Box" with a copy stand, backdrop and lighting, so I'll have to learn to use those.
-- Adam Duritz, of Counting Crows
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Auto focus.
Copy stand.
Remote shutter release.
I place the slab to get a full screen image. And use PhotoShop to crop and or adjust the image. Or make duel images of both obverse and reverse.
Manual focus - SLR's are good at this
No zoom, single focal length lens, 150mm, I make the coin as big on the screen as possible.
Use a self-timer or mirror lock to minimize motion at shutter release.
Now for macro closeups of rpm's and doubled dies, I'm at 22-28mm with the copy stand.
Apropos of the coin posse/aka caca: "The longer he spoke of his honor, the tighter I held to my purse."
<< <i>For those of you showing awesome close-ups -> what focal distance do you use?
Do you use manual focus or auto focus?
Do you zoom in so coin fills screen or do you crop final picture?
Do you use a timer or click shutter manually?
>>
In the order you ask...
Usually between 180 and 200mm, and a little over a foot away from the coin.
Manual focus exclusively.
I zoom in to make the coin as large as possible, although for the smaller coins a crop is also necessary.
Manual shutter release, but I use a remote shutter release to ensure no camera shake.
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time 23-Oct-2006 21:51:03
Make Nikon
Model D100
Flash Used No
Focal Length 200 mm
Exposure Time 1/13 sec
Aperture f/11
ISO Equivalent 200
Exposure Bias -2/3
White Balance custom
Metering Mode center weighted (2)
JPEG Quality RAW
Exposure Program manual (1)
Focus Distance 1.5'
I am about 4 inches from the coin (my camera's macro mode focal length)
Do you use manual focus or auto focus? Auto (my camera doesn't do manual, or I haven't figured it out yet.)
Do you zoom in so coin fills screen or do you crop final picture? I crop.
Do you use a timer or click shutter manually? I use a timer.
I have just a regular digital camera, but I would really LOVE an SLR someday!
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It puts the lens about 12 inches away on a cent and twice that on a half dollar.
I use manual focus only and the software I use lets me adjust the camera and take the shot from the PC.
The images come off the camera at about 3400X2300. I crop what I need from that.
-- 60mm macro lens
-- autofocus
-- handheld (until I finally buy a tripod one of these days)
-- 800 ISO setting
-- available light
-- typically somewhere around f11-16
-- I usually shoot from about 2 feet away, to help make the depth of field sharpness with mid-range f-stops better (as opposed to shooting much closer, where depth of field becomes very shallow)
If I'm shooting a tiny VAM detail:
-- 60mm macro lens
-- manual focus, with the lens set to minimum focusing distance (about 2 inches) and actual size reproduction ratio... which means I have to gradually move the camera into the focus point
-- 800 ISO setting
-- available light
-- typically somewhere around f8, because I opt for a slightly faster shutter speed to (hopefully) compensate for breathing and not having a tripod
-- shoot multiple images and hope one turns out acceptably
With all the photography posts lately it might prove informative to some.
Canon Powershot S5
about 10" from lens to subject
Macro setting and use zoom
Manual focus
F8
ASA 80
Timer on a copy stand and anti-shake turned on
For a section of a coin, I use super macro setting and take from a couple of inches away.
I use Photoshop Elements to crop. Microsoft Picture It to straighten the coin if needed.
Hoard the keys.
about 13.25" from lens to subject
Macro setting and use zoom/digital - 6.5x for halves. I get as close to frame fill as I can without missing anything.
Manual focus
F5.5
ASA 400
2 second timer on a copy stand.
I use Adobe Photoshop for cropping and rotation if necessary.
Joe G.
Great BST purchases completed with commoncents123, p8nt, blu62vette and Stuart. Great coin swaps completed with rah1959, eyoung429 and Zug. Top-notch consignment experience with Russ.
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<< <i>Some amazing pics in this thread. I really should practice more with my picture taking. Mine come terrible. >>
It took me a lot of practice, and trial and error to get where I'm at with my pics, and I still see a lot of room for improvement:
And, should I reduce my image size a bit??
Joe G.
Great BST purchases completed with commoncents123, p8nt, blu62vette and Stuart. Great coin swaps completed with rah1959, eyoung429 and Zug. Top-notch consignment experience with Russ.
When shooting for VAMS I get as close to coin as possible, usually about 2 inches. Here is an example taken at an automatic setting for toners.
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<< <i>Some amazing pics in this thread. I really should practice more with my picture taking. Mine come terrible. >>
It took me a lot of practice, and trial and error to get where I'm at with my pics, and I still see a lot of room for improvement:
And, should I reduce my image size a bit?? >>
If you reduce your image size with Photoshop, unchecking the box for resample will keep all your pixels at the new smaller size and give better resolution. I usually cut it down to either 3 or 4 inches, then using Photomerge, put the two sides together.
<< <i>If you reduce your image size with Photoshop, unchecking the box for resample will keep all your pixels at the new smaller size and give better resolution. I usually cut it down to either 3 or 4 inches, then using Photomerge, put the two sides together. >>
Nice tip, thanks.
Joe G.
Great BST purchases completed with commoncents123, p8nt, blu62vette and Stuart. Great coin swaps completed with rah1959, eyoung429 and Zug. Top-notch consignment experience with Russ.
Canon 100mm f2.8 macro
F8.0
shot from about 12" away using a tripod
Shot with manual settings including white balance
a copy stand would help bacuese a tripod and a dining table are never perpendicular and with narrow depth of field and closeups, i'm sure that would help some. If I took RAW and converted i'd probably get a perfect shot via photoshop.
I manual focus, do not use auto focus.
I crop and resize using irfanview.... it's a freebie that does it fast and easy. photoshop for auto fix of any color balance. i just want to get an acceptable photo, not a work of art